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Idtechex Case Study: Hong Kong Octopus, Hong Kong

whitepaper The Hong Kong 'Octopus' intermodal transport ticketing system was launched by Creative Star, a joint venture company formed by the Mass Transit Railway (MTR), Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR), Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB), Citybus and the Hong Kong and...

Tags: finance, card, star, kong

[10 Apr 2008]

London still wi-fi king of the world

News Railway stations and ferries also contributed to worldwide wi-fi growth, according to the index, with usage at the former rocketing 238 per cent.iPass said new wi-fi deployments on trains are likely to continue to fuel this growth.

Tags: wi-fi, business traveller, hotspots, region

[14 Mar 2008]

Rail travellers lapping up free wi-fi

News A free wi-fi service on the East Coast Main Line railway is proving extremely popular with passengers. Q&A: Tiscali CEO Mary Turner: Bandwidth is key to fat pipe nation… Click here for the full Q&A Rail operator National Express has seen wi-fi...

Tags: train, railway, wi-fi, wi fi

[05 Mar 2008]

Railway Infrastructure Leader on Winning Track With Information Protection Technology

whitepaper Balfour Beatty Rail, the world's leader in railway infrastructure, needed to protect the critical, highly confidential information in contracts, executive reports, and human resources documents from being viewed and distributed to unauthorized...

Tags: infrastructure management

[28 Feb 2008]

Ferrovie Dello Stato Gets Back on Track With Brainware's Planning and Control Solution

whitepaper Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato, the national railway company in Italy, they needed an open and flexible multidimensional model for planning and control, which could deliver in-depth intelligent analysis, implemented a modern, efficient managerial...

Tags: windows nt - 2000 - 2003

[19 Feb 2008]

Indian IT outsourcers look ahead

Comment For example voting in elections is fully electronic throughout the country, financial services and capital markets are of a high quality and there is a nationwide railway reservations system in place that works.

Tags: nasscom, india, outsourcing, offshore

[14 Feb 2008]

Intermec RFID Technology Helps Japan Freight Railway Improve Operating Efficiencies

whitepaper To meet the growing transport needs of Japan's businesses, JR Freight maintains more than 120 terminals in Japan, managing 8,000 rail wagons and 100,000 railway containers. Keeping track of hundreds - even thousands - of containers has involved...

Tags: rfid, rfid, track, japan

[11 Feb 2008]

Bode GmbH & Co. KG Improves Performance and Customer Satisfaction With Visualization Solution

whitepaper As a system supplier for major bus and railway train manufacturers, Bode GmbH & Co. Bode, a subsidiary of the Munich-based company Schaltbau Holding AG, was founded in 1968 in the city of Kassel, Germany.

Tags: database management

[08 Feb 2008]

French National Railway Connects With Customers on the Desktop

whitepaper SNCF (Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer), France's national railway company, is charged with operating freight and passenger rail services, including the TGV high-speed passenger train service. SNCF wanted to promote its online services in...

Tags: crm software

[17 Jan 2008]

Behind the Scenes at the Milan Railway Junction

whitepaper The Milan Railway Junction, completed in the 1980s, connects the city's underground transportation system with railway lines arriving in Milan from the northwestern and southwestern areas of the region.

Tags: groupware - workflow

[14 Jan 2008]

Managing Italy's Railway Network With SCADA FS

whitepaper RFI (Rete Ferroviaria Italiana or Italian Railway Network) is the part of the state railway system (Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato) that manages the infrastructure of the system. RFI (Rete Ferroviaria Italiana) wanted to improve service for railway...

Tags: groupware - workflow

[14 Jan 2008]

Automation in the Colli Albani Tunnel

whitepaper RFI's (Rete Ferroviaria Italiana) challenge was to develop an automated system for controlling the lighting and power systems in the Colli Albani tunnel, part of a high-speed railway line between Rome and Naples.

Tags: groupware - workflow

[14 Jan 2008]

BNSF Railway Automates Change Management to Keep Business on Track

whitepaper In 2005, BNSF Railway became one of the first companies in the railroad industry to deploy an extensive wireless network and automate the management of its IT infrastructure. It's a strategic initiative that ultimately earned the company the 2006...

Tags: lan - wan standards, learn, wireless network, initiative

[12 Dec 2007]

Photos of the Month - November 2007

Photo This picture shows how a Japanese railway company is using the energy from passengers' footsteps to power its stations. Kicking off our photo stories this month was the iPhone launch on 9 November. Natasha Lomas went down to Apple's flagship store...

Tags: macs, iphone, travel, power

[29 Nov 2007]

MTR Corporation Uses New-Generation HRMS to Help Streamline HR Management

whitepaper Every day, up to 2.5 million people travel on Hong Kong's mass transit railway system. Owned and operated by MTR Corporation, the rail network spans over 91 route-kilometers with 53 stations and five depots.

Tags: database management, corporation, human, hong kong

[05 Nov 2007]

How to survive the first 100 days as CIO

News So, when you combine transport, railway acronyms with IT acronyms, you can talk entirely in letters. The first three months of a new CIO's reign are often the most important. At the silicon.con CIO Forum, Network Rail information management...

Tags: management, career, cio

[22 Oct 2007]

Photos: High-tech London St Pancras on track

Photo The station is the final element in the High Speed 1 rail link project which was initiated by the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act in 1996.silicon.com went along to the station a month before its official opening to take a look at what will...

Tags: digital, wireless, trains, station

[08 Oct 2007]

CAD Integration at FAG

whitepaper Most of FAG's customers come from industries such as Mining & Construction, Pulp & Paper, Steel, Railway & Transport, Mechanical Transmission & Electrical Machinery, Special OE Industries, and Distribution.

Tags: infrastructure management, industries, machinery, roller

[28 Sep 2007]

Revealed: Top UK base for IT businesses

News The deciding factors were the cost of land, availability of talent, supply chains and green space, proximity to airports, railway network and levels of traffic congestion. Manchester has the most to offer UK IT companies hunting for a head office...

Tags: skills, london, manchester

[26 Sep 2007]

European Railway Traffic Management System

whitepaper The result of their work was the definition of GSM for Railways (GSM-R) as the new digital radio system for railway internal voice and data communication, and the European Train Control System (ETCS) as the new control-command system.

Tags: gsm, command, definition, train

[15 Sep 2007]

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